My Life as Itachi's Crow

Chapter 162: Why is Kakashi so Attentive to This Escort Mission…

Uchiha Itachi sighed with emotion.

That little girl named Tenten had truly dangerous thoughts. It was fine to want to become a powerful female ninja like Tsunade... but there was no need to first learn her habits of drinking and borrowing money!

Tsunade was not at all suitable as a role model for a young girl…

Actually, it was very simple to make Tenten forget her ideal. Just leave Tsunade in her care for a period, and her ideal would probably be shattered.

Kitahara shook its head. It was truly a kind-hearted person.

When they arrived at the Hokage Building, Tsunade had already left, leaving only Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi still discussing the specific matters of the Land of Grass mission.

"Itachi, you're just in time!"

The white-haired old man's face broke into a smile, "Tomorrow we'll go to the Land of Grass together. I happen to have a classified mission for you to carry out!"

"Teacher?"

"On the way, you help me find a way to hold up Shizune..." Jiraiya affectionately put an arm around his disciple's neck, "Kid, you know what I mean, right?"

Uchiha Itachi: "..."

Honestly, he didn't really want to know.

Kitahara looked at the old man with pity. As if anything would happen if you were left alone with Tsunade!

In another part of Konoha.

The Defense Department office building.

Still the same conference hall.

Still filled with the aroma of tea and plates of pastries.

A certain newly appointed advisor was fiddling with the cards in her hand, completely ignoring the way Danzo Shimura was looking at her from across the table. She enthusiastically pushed the person beside her, "Hizashi Hyuga, switch places with Fugaku. I'll play a couple of hands with him..."

Hizashi Hyuga graciously complied. Their clan's traditions were very strict, and they politely declined things like gambling. The Uchiha clan had always been free and unrestrained; they probably didn't mind such things…

Uchiha Fugaku: "..."

By sentiment and reason, he was really too embarrassed to refuse! The problem was, he had always been a self-disciplined and just person in the Defense Department. This would damage his image…

To have such a great Buddha suddenly stuffed into the Defense Department was truly unexpected. Logically, she should be sitting in the office of the Head of the Medical Department right now, and there shouldn't even be any dispute if she were sitting in the Hokage Building.

Danzo Shimura knocked on the table, "This is a meeting!"

Uchiha Fugaku paused, patted his friend's shoulder, stood up, and sat beside Tsunade, reaching out to draw cards, "Lord Jiraiya is still at the Hokage Building, has he not returned?"

"Yeah!" Tsunade stroked the cards in her hand, her brow gradually furrowing, and said nonchalantly, "That fellow and the old man have something to discuss. It's probably about which women's bathhouse in the village..."

"Tsunade! Shut up!"

Danzo Shimura, pulling rank by age, coldly interrupted Tsunade's words. Those who didn't know would have thought he was trying to protect his old friend's reputation!

"Tch, no fun!"

Tsunade put her cards together and threw them on the table, smashing the desk in front of her with one palm, "The meeting starts now! Tomorrow, Jiraiya and I are going to the Land of Grass. You all start allocating the ninja squads for rotation in the Land of Grass. If there are no objections, today's meeting is over!"

After saying this, the old woman paid no mind to the reactions of the others in the conference room and patted the dazed Shizune behind her, "Let's go, Shizune! Accompany me for a drink!"

Danzo Shimura: "..."

Apart from the trembling Danzo Shimura, everyone in the conference room looked at each other, then actually began to spontaneously pack up their things. The meeting was thus adjourned.

This woman was really ridiculous! This group of Defense Department officials was even more ridiculous! One woman dared to say it, and a group of people dared to listen…

Perhaps this was the personal charm of the Slug Princess. This woman was the senior and comrade-in-arms of most of the people present. They had almost all fought alongside her before. In terms of prestige, she was superior.

The next morning.

After all the squad members had assembled.

Uchiha Itachi looked at Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune all wearing the Defense Department uniforms, while he himself was still in the light armor issued when he was promoted to Chunin…

Why are you all dressed so formally!

Jiraiya sighed for a moment, "Tsk, forget it, let's set off!"

Tsunade glanced over and frowned, "This outfit will make the enemy think this little brat is their breakthrough point!"

"It doesn't matter. Itachi will open their eyes!" The old man laughed heartily. He had confidence in his disciple... Any teacher who had been beaten by their disciple once would have confidence in them.

An ANBU member suddenly jumped down from a large tree beside them and said softly, "Before Lord Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade's squad enters the Land of Grass, ANBU will deliver a set of Defense Department uniforms."

This ANBU member had a full head of white hair... revealing his identity…

Jiraiya looked strangely in the direction the ANBU member had left, "Why is that Kakashi kid so attentive to this mission..."

"You be serious too! Exchanging the alliance letter is no small matter. If the enemy gets the letter because of carelessness, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Tsunade habitually slapped Jiraiya on the head.

Intelligence…

Even a daily mission report submitted by a border outpost to the Hokage Building was very important, let alone something like an alliance letter.

Once another great nation's ninja village obtained the contents of the alliance between Konoha and the Land of Grass, before the two countries re-signed the alliance, other great nation ninja villages might not refrain from making some moves.

If the contents of the alliance letter happened to align with the established interests of the Hidden Stone Village, Onoki certainly wouldn't mind offering better conditions and sending ninja troops to help eliminate the Konoha ninjas in the Land of Grass.

Even though Konoha had kept this mission highly confidential, the specific time for exchanging the alliance letter on the Land of Grass's side was probably already on the Tsuchikage's desk.

The older Onoki got, the more schemes he had.

According to the intelligence brought back by Kakashi, Hidden Stone Village ninja squads might have already infiltrated the Land of Grass, just waiting for the arrival of the Konoha team responsible for exchanging the alliance letter.

The problem was, this intelligence was already several days old and had lost its timeliness. The Hidden Stone squads hadn't just infiltrated the Land of Grass; some squads were even active near Konoha!

Just as Jiraiya and his team stepped into the forest, the sound of battle between the ANBU guards and the enemy came from not far away…

Flames shot into the sky…

"Let's go quickly! Don't worry about ANBU; this is very close to Konoha!" Jiraiya glanced at the slightly nervous youth and comforted him, "They are responsible for clearing out the enemies around us. If the opponent's strength is formidable, Kakashi will request support from the village."

"Kitahara, can you activate Sage Mode? In case we run into a surprise attack…" Uchiha Itachi suddenly stopped on a tree and patted his backpack.

Under the astonished gazes of Jiraiya and the others, a crow's head poked out of the backpack… The first thing it did was shoot out a Tailed Beast Bomb, "Caw!"

Boom!

The chakra fluctuations in the forest ahead suddenly increased!

A series of fierce shouts rang out, "Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"

This was the collective Earth Style ninjutsu of the Hidden Stone Village!

The intelligence the ANBU had gathered was indeed outdated. With this kind of Earth Style ninja deployment, the scale of the infiltration was almost that of a wartime detachment!

(End of this chapter)

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